Most popular boys’ names in South Dakota, 1954

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	374
2	David	335
3	James	317
4	Steven	292
5	Robert	248
6	Mark	233
7	John	226
8	Gary	219
9	Richard	206
10	Thomas	201
11	Douglas	175
12	William	163
13	Daniel	145
14	Ronald	144
15	Larry	140
16	Donald	127
17	Randy	126
18	Dennis	122
19	Kenneth	109
19	Paul	109
19	Roger	109
22	Terry	101
23	Jeffrey	97
23	Rodney	97
25	Gregory	96

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bruce	94
26	Timothy	94
28	Dale	92
29	Charles	91
30	Kevin	87
31	Patrick	76
32	Wayne	74
33	Joseph	70
33	Scott	70
35	Craig	69
36	Jerry	62
36	Randall	62
38	Keith	58
39	Alan	48
39	Edward	48
41	Danny	47
42	Dean	46
42	Gerald	46
44	Duane	44
45	Curtis	42
46	Brian	41
46	Stephen	41
48	Lyle	38
49	Allen	36
49	Joel	36
51	Darrell	35
51	Raymond	35
53	Kim	34
54	Russell	32
55	Bradley	31
55	George	31
57	Stanley	30
58	Jon	28
58	Leroy	28
58	Rick	28
61	Gordon	27
62	Marvin	25
62	Peter	25
64	Lynn	24
64	Steve	24
66	Jay	23
66	Micheal	23
66	Ricky	23
69	Neil	22
70	Barry	20
70	Dan	20
70	Glenn	20
70	Lonnie	20
70	Philip	20
70	Theodore	20
76	Calvin	19
76	Daryl	19
76	Tom	19
76	Wesley	19
80	Jeffery	18
80	Loren	18
82	Jerome	17
82	Kent	17
82	Lawrence	17
82	Leslie	17
86	Dwight	16
86	Francis	16
86	Frank	16
86	Joe	16
86	Mike	16
86	Terrance	16
92	Allan	15
92	Brad	15
92	Carl	15
92	Eugene	15
92	Glen	15
92	Jack	15
92	Kelly	15
92	Lee	15
100	Harold	14
100	Melvin	14